Stronger by Paying Salaries and I Have 1 Billion Employees

After receiving the industry report for October, both Zhang Tao and Gong Zhenbing became determined to accelerate the expansion of their respective platforms’ business boundaries and find new points of profit growth.

And so, online ticketing became the core battleground for everyone to fight for market share, attract users, and increase platform visibility and user stickiness.

Meituan partnered with Huayi Brothers to lower the presale ticket price for *Back to 1942* to 9.9 yuan, also giving it preferential treatment with traffic resources.

Lashou Network chose *The Last Supper* as its deep collaborative partner, with tickets also priced at 9.9 yuan.

Dianping’s subsidy strategy was different. Zhang Tao didn’t sign an exclusive agreement with any single distribution or production company, instead adopting an equal-opportunity approach.

However, because they lacked an external source for part of the subsidy, Dianping had to pay out of its own pocket. For every 9.9 yuan ticket sold, they had to bear an additional 8 to 10 yuan in costs compared to Kuai Pao, Meituan, and Lashou Network.

In the first half of the year, the lowest movie ticket price was 19.9 yuan. In the second half, it dropped to 9.9 yuan.

More and more people started going to the movies, and the box office exploded!

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「Xucheng, Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park.」

Chen Yansen sat in his office, fanning out a stack of movie tickets. His gaze swept over them before he finally picked out two for *Cold War* and two for *The Bourne Legacy*, tossing the tickets for *Tai Chi Hero* that Ye Qiuping had shoved at him directly to the side.

He knew Ye Qiuping’s character and intentions like the back of his hand, and he was well aware that he absolutely could not give this woman even a sliver of hope.

’Want President Chen to see a movie with her? Not a chance! Boss Chen could, at best, tolerate having a bowl of sweet soup with her once in a while.’

’Now, only Kuai Pao, Meituan, Dianping, and Lashou Network remained in the Group Buy race. Besides competing on product experience and after-sales quality, things like new-customer subsidies, existing-customer discounts, and repeat purchase frequency were also of utmost importance.’

’Their internal strengths had to be solid, but their external game couldn’t fall behind either.’

’Pei Yi’s operational style was growing more and more composed. He was skilled with conventional methods, but he was also wickedly good at playing dirty.’

Chen Yansen wasn’t the least bit worried about the development of the food delivery and Group Buy businesses. With Pei Yi, Shan Jiawei, and Zhang Xuhao holding down the fort, never mind the likes of Zhang Tao and Gong Zhenbing—even Wang Xin and Wang Huiwen would have a hard time fending them off.